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io.github.shawn5cents/agentskin

The Semantic Layer for AI Agents. Prunes noisy API data by 70%+ for token-efficient reasoning.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install agentskin in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "brave-search-api-key",
      "description": "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "serper-api-key",
      "description": "SERPER_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tavily-api-key",
      "description": "TAVILY_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "apilayer-key",
      "description": "APILAYER_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "agentskin": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agentskin"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "${input:brave-search-api-key}",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "${input:serper-api-key}",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "${input:tavily-api-key}",
        "APILAYER_KEY": "${input:apilayer-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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